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Experimental investigations of wearable antenna on flexible perforated plastic substrate
Author(s) -
Kumar Raghvendra,
Kumar Pankaj,
Gupta Nisha,
Dubey Rahul
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.30280
Subject(s) - return loss , antenna (radio) , radiation pattern , coaxial antenna , substrate (aquarium) , materials science , patch antenna , antenna efficiency , microwave , microstrip antenna , antenna gain , wearable computer , acoustics , engineering , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , telecommunications , embedded system , physics , oceanography , geology
In this article, the performance of a rectangular patch antenna on inexpensive perforated flexible plastic substrate is investigated experimentally. The antenna is designed for wearable application operating at Wi‐Fi and HiperLAN frequency bands. The regular perforations in the substrate material help in reducing the dielectric losses which is common with other textile materials thus improving the antenna performance. The prototype model of the proposed antenna is developed and measured. Various parameters such as return loss, VSWR, radiation pattern and gain are presented to validate the suitability for wearable applications. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:265–270, 2017